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"I think it can be tremendously refreshing if a creator of literature has something on his mind other than the history of literature so far. Literature should not disappear up its own asshole, so to speak."
"Has any psychological experiment yielded a more delightful suggestion than this one: that there is a part of the mind without ambition or information, which nonetheless is expert on what is beautiful?"
"I don't mind the audience identifying me with Red."
"When you're battling against the minds of the studios and the money that can go into promoting larger budget films, it's very hard for a very small-budget Australian film to get a look in. You can get critically acclaimed and go to various film festivals around the world, but that doesn't necessarily mean the majority of people are going to hear about it."
"I have always hated bowling, and I don't mind admitting it."
"We came down here to see this teddible scene: people all pissed out of their minds and vomiting on themselves and all that and now, you know what? It's us"
"The injuries we do in kind are visited upon us often. In the science of the mind, trying hard to move a shadow."
"Jealousy endlessly eats through my mind, and jealously endlessly makes me be unkind."
"I try very much, whenever I do projects, whatever it is, there's only one thing on my mind, only one thing."
"I don't think secrets agree with me, I feel rumpled up in mind since you told me that."
"Don't mind me. I'm as happy as a cricket here."
"She fell into the moody, miserable state of mind which often comes when strong wills have to yield to the inevitable."
"I had a pleasant time with my mind, for it was happy."
"I let go of all negativity that rests in my body and mind"
"Cluttered closets mean a cluttered mind."
"I have never had a current state of mind. My mind changes a great deal. I am very affected by any sorrow or sad thing, and I am very affected by joy and beauty."
"The integrity of one's own mind is of infinitely more value than adherence to any creed or system. We must choose between a dead faith belonging to the past and a living, growing ever-advancing science belonging to the future."
"Because I'm not writing all the time (thank goodness), my mind is sometimes pleasantly blank."
"I started writing more with my voice in mind."
